Upcoming Performances
North Shore Stories
February 26, 2023
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with special musical guest; Royce Rich.
Twenty-four-year-old violinist, Royce Rich, is establishing himself as one of Canada's up-and-coming classical music artists. In July 2021, he was listed as one of CBC Music’s top “30 Under 30 Hot Classical Musicians” for the release of his debut studio album entitled Short Stories. Royce has appeared on concert stages as a solo artist and chamber musician across Canada, the USA, Italy, and Germany. He has performed as guest artist with the Brampton Symphony Orchestra, Lions Gate Sinfonia Orchestra, Durham Chamber Orchestra, Smazal Chamber Orchestra, and twice with the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra.
In March of 2021, Royce was thrilled to have self-produced and released his debut album entitled Short Stories – a collection of beloved encore pieces with pianist, Jeanie Chung. Short Stories the album is currently available to stream and download on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Amazon Music.
He has performed solo recitals and chamber music recitals for such concerts series across Vancouver and Toronto as Silk Purse Concerts, Arts at One hosted by Douglas College, The Jewish Community Centre, Music Friends, Newmann Production, Concerts @ 100, St. Andrew’s Noon Hour, KnoxVan Events, Clearly Musical Home Concerts, among other concert series.
Royce completed his formal post-secondary classical music training at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where he obtained his Bachelors of Music Degree, as well as completed one full year in the conservatory’s Artist Diploma Program as a full-scholarship recipient of The Jack Whiteside Scholarship. Royce started taking violin lessons and performing at the age of five years old – he has studied with some of North America’s leading violin pedagogues, namely, with Victor Danchenko, Martina Smazal, Taras Gabora, and Mayumi Seiler. Aside from keeping a busy performance, Royce enjoys residing in Vancouver and loves running, hiking, cycling, swimming, cooking, and getting together with friends over coffee and baking. He also enjoys mysticism, and the artistic / musical genre of retro-wave and dream-wave. Royce can be followed online via his Instagram page @roycerichmusical.
Past Performances
Westside Stories
December 4, 2022
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Goodbye, Hello
Sharing Refugee Stories
June 26, 2022
Our Diverse Neighbourhood
March 6, 2022
Our Diverse Neighbourhood
November 21, 2021
Once Upon A Time In The Neighbourhood
October 24, 2021
Then and Now: Stories of Change
June 27, 2021
The Women in Our Lives
March 14, 2021
